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10/5/2006 Sindyr: Heroes: new show on NBC, mondays, 9PM
Guys - i don't think that this is entirely off-topic.  This show is all about the same heart that Capes is about - without the costumes. And I need to…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Matthew Glover, epweissengruber, Hans.

10/5/2006 r_donato: [Machiavelli] Italian vs. English words
Hi, all, As my work on Machiavelli proceeds (I should have a first draft ready in a couple of weeks), I have a decision to make. Machiavelli is set in…
In First Thoughts
Participants: r_donato, JakeVanDam, dindenver.

10/5/2006 Solamasa: [WGP] Are our heroes doomed to failure?
Hello, We finished a great first issue of With Great Power... this week!  I'll leave the Actual Play report to Anna, but I have a couple of troublesome questions. Question…
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Solamasa, Kat Miller, Ludanto.

10/5/2006 JakeVanDam: Power 19- Unnamed Fary Tale Nar Project
It's a simple nar game designed around fairy tales. 1. What is your game about? fairy tales and the themes and elements common to them, especially Grimm's 2. What do…
In First Thoughts
Participants: JakeVanDam, baron samedi, c, hatheg-kla.

10/5/2006 chriscrouch: [DitV] Actual Play: Little Bison Lake @ Vorpalcon
[b]An Actual Play report for Dogs in the Vineyard at Vorpalcon 2006 (October 2006)[/b] (www.vorpalcon.com) [hr] This was my second time GMing DitV (never been a player), and my first…
In lumpley games
Participants: chriscrouch, Charles Nicholls, carnival, Warwick.

10/5/2006 Bill_White: [Ganakagok] The Wedding Festival
The main campus of Penn State has "open gaming" at its student center -- "the Hub" -- every weekend.  The kids play board games, Magic, what-have-you; I've even seen people…
In Actual Play
Participants: Bill_White, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, Andrew Morris.

10/5/2006 Reithan: GNS - Where??
I keep seeing references to the GNS Theory/Gaming Model. It seems that the relevant forum has been closed, though. Can anyone point me to any sort of definition/description/guide?
In First Thoughts
Participants: Reithan, Ron Edwards, r_donato, c.

10/4/2006 Brian Newman: [DITV] Having a point to make but no dice to back it up
My players are concerned about something in play -- a situation where they still have a great point to make or something they know is a winning argument, but they…
In lumpley games
Participants: Brian Newman, Valamir, Bankuei, Thomas Lawrence, James Holloway, lumpley, Elysium, Ron Edwards, jburneko, nikola.

10/4/2006 Castlin: Quintessence
Hello All, I am looking for some feedback on one of my evolving efforts, currently called Quintessence. It is a relatively simple gaming system based around the notion I had…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Castlin, jasonm, Altharis.

10/4/2006 Andy Kitkowski: "Top 10 Lies told to Designers" (for the freelancers out there)
I saw this from a post at www.lifehacker.com , and while it's simple and we've seen or heard of most of them, there may be a couple that you can…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson, Paul Czege, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, greyorm, Steven Stewart, Clay, Editor Drew, Brand_Robins, Narf the Mouse, MikeRM.

10/4/2006 zornwil: As Dogs get more powerful...
I have looked around but haven't seen a topic on this...apologies if I missed it... With the NPC generation method, it seems to me that inevitably the PCs will be…
In lumpley games
Participants: zornwil, cdr, jburneko, Gugliandalf, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth, museleading, Vaxalon, nikola.

10/4/2006 Reithan: Looking for feedback on Setting, Design and Rules of Work In Progress
Penetrator is a sci-fi RPG with a foundation in the cyberpunk genre. The is meant to convey a sense of 'larger-than-life' characters in a dark, gritty, realistic sci-fi environment with…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Reithan, Joshua BishopRoby, James Holloway.

10/4/2006 Reithan: Experts Wanted
Starting work on gear classification for vehicles, weapons, computer systems, etc for use in a sci-fi/cyberpunk-based RPG, could use some help in categorizing things for skill/gear design like: Aircraft Spacecraft…
In Connections
Participants: Reithan.

10/4/2006 Everspinner: Online Dogs dice roller
Hello Daniel (coffeestain) is now kindly hosting the online Dogs dice roller at www.coffeestain.org/roller. Thanks, Daniel! Main features: No installations necessary Remote, real-time viewing of other player's dice Optimized…
In lumpley games
Participants: Everspinner, zornwil.

10/4/2006 Ice Cream Emperor: [Mortal Coil] Conflicts, Actions, Rules Confusion
I recently bought Mortal Coil, and while I am definitely interested in running or playing the game, I am extremely confused by the Conflict rules -- to the point that…
In Galileo Games
Participants: Ice Cream Emperor, inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen, coffeestain, Doyce, dyjoots, N.riweeni.

10/4/2006 klausok: A game of With Great Power
This is a very slightly expanded version of my post to the Incarnadine forum. It is now some time since we played the game. I hope this description interests you,…
In Actual Play
Participants: klausok.

10/4/2006 sirogit: Inter-party conflict, role communication and TMW.
I'm trying to evaluate the different ways that inter-party conflict(Conflict between PCs in a close knit group of some kind.) seems to bring on somewhat ugly hardcore gamism, and how…
In Actual Play
Participants: sirogit, timfire, Storn, Phlophouse.

10/4/2006 Tully305: My "Power 19" for Imperium
[i][b]Imperium[/b][/i] is the working title for my sci-fi rpg.  To get the ball rolling, I've written up a Power 19 for the game.  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! [b]The…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Tully305, TroyLovesRPG, Frank T, Vargr Scout, Icel, mholmes52.

10/3/2006 Brian_W: [Channeling] Binding Demons and Spirits
Somehow, I completely failed to figure out a fairly major part of my game... For what i have right now you can get a PDF of my notes at http://shadowedgames.awardspace.com/channeling.html…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Brian_W, Pol Jackson.

10/3/2006 mratomek: Best Name for Game?
I am working on a universal set of minis battle and adventure rules. Something along the lines of GURPS for miniatures. I have two working titles and need some help…
In Publishing
Participants: mratomek, joepub, Valamir, Call Me Curly, jackson_tegu, TroyLovesRPG, Joshua BishopRoby, Eero Tuovinen, GregStolze, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, dindenver.

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10/6/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: Books & Games for the Troops
Hey folks, I'm putting together a box of books, CDs and RPGs to send to some troops over in Iraq. If anyone is interested in donating stuff to be sent…
In Connections
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Eero Tuovinen.

10/6/2006 Mel_White: [Working Title: ‘Foresworn’] (Southern Exposure)
Greetings, I’m pretty new to independent RPGs and I’d like to contribute a little bit to the hobby with some Actual Play reports from Southern Exposure III.  I was disappointed…
In Actual Play
Participants: Mel_White.

10/6/2006 Shreyas Sampat: [not exactly actual play] Battles Are Crazy
Tonight I ran another island. It was way fun. As one of the challenges, the heroes had to "defend the corpse of the Golden Goar of Ion from the hounds…
In one.seven design
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, demiurgeastaroth.

10/6/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spien Essen] Demoing Universalis
So I heard from Ralph that Universalis doesn't traditionally have a very elaborate demo, and usually he just does a bit of tenets and a first scene as a demo.…
In Conventions
Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

10/6/2006 marknau: [Fantasy Non-Heartbreaker] First Playtest
I conducted a one-hour playtest of my WIP, the result of which follows. What I’d like is to get some attention focused on the core mechanic: Successes, Dings, Complications, and…
In Playtesting
Participants: marknau, timfire, Adam Dray, Steven Stewart.

10/6/2006 dyjoots: [Mortal Coil] Passion questions
I'm just about set on the rules, but I'm running the game tonight for my wife so I wanted to try and get a few final clarifications on the way…
In Galileo Games
Participants: dyjoots, RedPissLegion, inthisstyle.

10/6/2006 Ron Edwards: Deleting with author's permission
Hi there, Occasionally, the forum software doesn't let me split threads. It works most of the time and not always. Clinton tells me it's buried way deep in the code…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Ron Edwards.

10/6/2006 Reithan: In need of informational source
I'm building a sci-fi game with a cyberpunk 'feel' (I think the proper term, as far as The Big Model goes would be Color...but I'm still hazy on the whole…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Reithan, Eero Tuovinen, Joshua BishopRoby, joepub, Certified, Call Me Curly, dindenver, TroyLovesRPG.

10/6/2006 Doyce: [Sorcerer] Revisiting the Conflict Resolution Mechanic
Okay. First of all, this is a scary thing to post.  Ron knows I've put a lot of hours into understanding and more importantly documenting others' understanding of the Sorcerer…
In Adept Press
Participants: Doyce, Eero Tuovinen, The_Tim, James_Nostack.

10/6/2006 Ron Edwards: [Forum News] Announcement
Hi guys, Due to changes in Issaries publishing policy, which have been in place for a little while now, this forum can't be held at the Forge any more. I'm…
In HeroQuest
Participants: Ron Edwards, boredoom, WildElf, Der_Renegat, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, alexandre santos, lev_lafayette, Mike Holmes, MrWrong, tzunder, sebastianz, Web_Weaver, Ian Cooper, Ward, Blake Hutchins, rylen dreskin.

10/6/2006 museleading: Dying in Dogs
I'm reading the chapter on Resolution in Action (pg 89-90 in the new version) and I was hoping someone could explain something to me. For instance, I have a possessed…
In lumpley games
Participants: museleading, lumpley, nikola.

10/7/2006 Zak Arntson: [D&D 3.0/3.5] Monster fight on the open sea!
Wow! So after a long hiatus (last gamed at Dragonflight 2004, running Donjon and InSpectres), I started up a game of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5/3.0 (we have both sets of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Zak Arntson, Bankuei, Pol Jackson, Noon, JasperN., Paul T, ffilz, r_donato.

10/7/2006 museleading: [DitV] First time GMing for new players - critque town?
I've played a few games now and am getting ready to GM my first session on Sunday.  The group consists of three players who have never played before and one…
In lumpley games
Participants: museleading, Call Me Curly.

10/7/2006 Xibalba: Need help with a core mechanic
I have two ideas for the core mechanic for a fairly traditional swashbuckling rpg of high adventure, and I cannot decide between the two.  Please give me some advice and…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Xibalba, CommonDialog, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, TroyLovesRPG, Noon, Falc.

10/7/2006 shadowcourt: Secret of Shattering (and related Secrets)-- What about harm?
Okay, so here's something which has come up in my group. The Secret of Shattering is a good example of what we're concerned about, so I'll use it as an…
In CRN Games
Participants: shadowcourt.

10/7/2006 Hudson Shock: General SotC questions thread
I'm hoping this thread will become a "check here first" resource for general Spirit of the Century questions.  I know I have a lot.  Some are "How do you do…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: Hudson Shock, drnuncheon, Rob Donoghue, iago, Mel_White, Michael Brazier, demiurgeastaroth, Uzzah, Danny_K, dbisdorf.

10/7/2006 Sindyr: Schisming and Alliance
I am not sure if this is actually covered in the rules or just maybe implied: When one schisms off a side that one was allied to, creating a new…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB.

10/7/2006 CaffinatedAngst: A title would be nice, wouldn't it?
As stated from the general top of the board there is no title as of yet... Being that I love Tolkien and DnD, I originally wanted to do a RPG…
In First Thoughts
Participants: CaffinatedAngst, joepub, jasonm, dindenver, Xibalba, TroyLovesRPG, Call Me Curly, JustinB, Primordia, Castlin.

10/8/2006 tonyd: [Burning Empires] Cheat sheet for Firefight
Whenever I play a new game, I create a number of cheat sheets for my own use. I have a very visual mind, and not a great memory, so the…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: tonyd, mtiru, Anemone, drozdal.

10/8/2006 azrianni: "Previously on..."
I just recently thought that the one bit of the common TV formula that doesn't get used is "previously on...". I was wondering if anybody had tried doing anything with…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: azrianni, dyjoots, Matthew Glover.

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